Improvement in wagon and oabbiage-wheels



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IMPROVEMENT IN WAGON NND cinemas-WHEELS.

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To ALL' WHoM ITYMAY ooNoERN;

Be it known that-I, THEODORE SALirReNlt', of St. Louis, in the county of St-Loui's, and vState of Missouri,

have-made certain new and useful Improvements in Wagon and Carriage-Wheels; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full'and cleardescriptnfthereof, reference being. had` to the accompanying drawingsand'to theletters of reference, marked thereon.

The' object of this invention is to protect the felloe of the wheel against being split by the insertionof the spokes into the mortises provided for them in the said felloe, or hy the wear orunequal shrinkage ofthe parts while.in'use. l

The invention consists inperforating the felloe transversely at one or both sides of each spoke-mortis@ and'insertingin these perforatious screw-protecting wires, of the peculiar construction hereinafter described, the form and application of these screw-wires constituting the chief feature of this invention. These retaining wires must be the same size throughout ltheir entire length,`and applied to the wheel without riveting or headingon either side of the wheel, else they would mar anddeface the side ot` the wheel to auch an extent'as to'rehder the application valueless. x

To enable thoseskilled in'the art touiake and use my improved wheels, I will proceed todescrihe their construction and operation. v Y

' Figure 1 of the drawings represents a sectional sidev elevation o i' `one of the improved Wheels.

Figure 2 is a transverse sectionzdf the felloe threughouc ofthe screw-retainingrwires.

The felloe A is constructed in Elie'fusual monncranndapplied to the spoke B the' same o s-in wheels now in use, with the exception of being perforated `with oneormore holes by' the side or sides ot the spokemortises,in

-vsuch a manner as to receivethescrew-wiresa, passedtransversely throughthefellce from sido to side. These v wires a areto he-tho samesizethroughout their. entire length, andare to have their peripheries providedwith V. threads, similar to those on wood-screws, except that they are'notto be gimlet-pointed. These wires *are to be made in long-pieces, of', say, two or three feet each, (more or less and are-to be screwed into the, holes previously provided in the felloe', as hereinbetore described; byA lnea'ns of suitable machinery provided for that purpose. After 'the screw-wire shall have been screxvedi'entirely through 'the felloe in this manner, it is to be out. o' close to the side of the felloe, ad then led and rubbedup smooth on both sides of the WheeLso as not to disclose its presencefwhen the'vrheel shall have been finished; andpolshed; and varnished up, vreadyfornite.4 l It is evidentfrom the'for'egoing description, that neither e. rivet, having ahead on one or both itsends, nor .even a ,common wood-screw," would answer the purpose of the wire, a, as the heads which would then have to be exposed on the face of the t'vhcel would so mar its beauty as to renderit valueless.

Having described my invention, what I claim isl The felloe, perforated transversely atone or both sides of each spoke-nrortise). and the screw-protecting wiresinsertd in these uerioxations when constructed as herein described and for the purpose set forth.

' THEo: SALORGNEL- Witnesses:

Mr RANDoLPu, Gro.' P. Hsnrnai., Jr. 

